Foldable doll-bed



R. ROSS AND L. SCORE.

FOLDABLE DOLL BED.

APPLICATION FILED Aue.28. 919.

1,370,365- Patented Mar. 1, 1921.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT ROSS, 0F MEDFORIQ HILLSIDE, AND LOUIS SCORE. 01 WINTI-IROIP, MASSA- CHUSETTS.

FOLDABLE DOLL-BED.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 1, 1921.

Application filed August 28, 1919. Serial No. 320,434.

. 11 all from it may concern:

Be it known that we, Ronmrr Ross, a citizen of Great Britain, residing at Medford Hillside, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, and LOUIS Scorn, a citizen of Russia, residing at \Vinthrop, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Foldable Doll-Beds, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to a bed and more particularly to the class of foldable doll beds.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a bed of this character, wherein the head and feet sections are pivotally connected to a main frame constituting the mattress-support in the bed, the head and foot sections being foldable relative to the support from which said sections are cut, so that when the bed is in folded position it will assume a flat condition to enable it to be stored in the least possible space and on the swinging of the head and foot sections to a position whereby the bed can be occupied the said sections will be locked against folding movement.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a bed of this character, wherein the supporting frame is of novel construction, the same being cut to provide side extensions for the pivotal mounting of the head and foot hoards thereto, so that said boards can be folded or unfolded and when folded will lie in a plane with the supporting frame for the complete collapsing of the bed and on the unfolding of the boards they will properly elevate the supporting frame relative to a floor or other foundation for the use of the bed to accommodate occupants, the head and foot boards when unfolded being automatically locked in such position for maintaining the bed in set up condition.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a bed of this character, which is comparatively simple in construction, readily and easily folded and unfolded, the supporting frame being of novel construction for the nesting of the head and foot boards therein when folded, thoroughly reliable and efficient in its purpose and inexpensive to manufacture.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in the features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and pointed out in the claim hereunto appended.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a dolls bed constructed in accordance with the in vention.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof, showing the supporting frame and foot board'partly broken away, the bed being set up for use.

Fig. 3 is a top plan view, the bed being in folded position.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views in the drawing.

Referring to the drawing in detail, the bed comprises a head board or section 5, a foot board or section 6 and a supporting frame 7, the head and foot boards or sections being preferably made solid and from wood, although the same may be made from any other suitable material. These head and foot boards or sections 5 and 6 are preferably cut from the supporting frame 7, which likewise is preferably solid and made from wood. although it may be made from other material.

The supporting frame 7 is formed at opposite ends thereof by the cutting of the head and foot boards or sections 5 and 6 therefrom with side extensions 8 and 9 respectively which are disposed in spaced parallel pairs at opposite ends of the frame and extend, longitudinally thereof to accommodate therebetween the head and foot boards or sections, the pair of extensions 9 by reason of the variance in size of the head board or section 5 relative to the foot board or section 6 are longer than the pair of extensions 8 and engaged transversely in the extensions 8 and 9 near the extremity thereof are suitable fasteners, such as screws 10 or the like, which are engaged in the head and foot boards or sections 5 and 6 for the pivotal mounting of the same between said extensions to permit the swinging of these sections in the folding or unfolding thereof for the collapsing or setting up of the bed.

Secured medially of the supporting frame 7 at the under side thereof and extending longitudinally of the same is a fiat resilient or spring bar 11, which is of slightly greater length than the supporting frame and bridges at its end portions 15 the head and foot boards or sections 5 and 6 so as to cooperate therewith, the head and foot boards or sections 5 and 6 being formed with a concave bottom edge 12 in'which is anchored or made fast a keeper pin 13, the same being slightly extended to engage in a suitable hole or aperture 14, formed in the end portion 15 adjacent thereto of the spring bar 11, so that when the board or section is unfolded and assumes a position normal to the supporting frame 7 the keeper pin 13 will engage in the perforation or hole 14 in the said spring bar 11 for the locking of said board or section in such position.

The extremity '15 of the spring bar serves as finger holds to permit the'manual releasing of said spring bar 11 from engagement with the head and foot boards or sections 5 and 6 so that the same can be folded when the bed is set up for the collapsing of the latter. The boards or sections when folded will lie in the same plane with the supporting frame 7, so that it will occupy the least possible space when not in use and can be rapidly and conveniently stored or packed.

Formed on the leg portion 16 of the head and foot boards or sections 5 and 6 are spherical stationary feet or casters 17 while said boards or sections 5 and 6 at their top edge centrally thereof carry spherical ornaments 18, the supporting frame being formed with notches 19 for the ornaments when said boards or sections are folded in a plane with the supporting frame.

Removably held upon the supporting frame 7 is a cover board or plate 20, which has mounted transversely thereon reinforcing bars or rails 21 near opposite ends which are accommodated within the cutaway portions 22 in the supporting frame 7 from which the head and foot boards or sections 5 and 6 are formed.

The bed when folded with the head and foot boards or sections 5 and 6 in the plane with the supporting frame 7 will be prevented from accidentally unfolding by the spring bar 11, which will lie at its end portions across the boards or sections 5 and 6, yet the latter can be readily unfolded and locked for sustaining the bed in set up condition.

The cover board or plate 20 can support bed covering or a mattress at the option of the user of the bed.

From the foregoing it is thought that the construction and the manner of folding and unfolding of the bed will be clearly under stood and therefore a more extended explanation has been omitted.

What is claimed is:

A folding bed comprising a head and foot board and a spring or mattress support struck from a single sheet of material, the head and foot boards being cut out of the ends of said sheet with a central portion between said'cut outs having a pair of longitudinally extending side bars at each end, the terminals of which are pivoted to the side edges of the head and foot board respectively at points midway their ends to adapt said boards to fold into the spaces from which they were cut flush with the central portion when the bed is collapsed, and a fiat spring bar secured intermediate its ends to the lower face of said central portion, said spring bar and boards having cooperating releasable locking elements to engage on the positioning of the boards in upright position for holding the bed ready for use.

In testimony whereof, we afiix our signatures hereto.

ROBERT ROSS. LOUIS SCORE. 

